Regimental number | 6764A |
School | State School, Moorabbin, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Soldier |
Address | Brunswick, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 38 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E E Blencowe, 317 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 11 years in the Victorian Garrison Artillery, latterly as an Instructor of Signalling. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted in the AIF at Prahran in March 1916. Discharged from the AIF in June 1916 because of his appointmewnt as a CSM on the Instructional Staff. He obtained permission in February 1917 to re-enlist in the AIF, and sailed on the SS "Nestor", 21 November 1917. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | St Quentin, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 39 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 39 |
Place of burial | Daours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 27), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 98 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John Abraham and Annie Christina BLENCOWE; husband of Ellen E. BLENCOWE, 11 Loyola Avenue, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. Native of Berwick, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 180 Pte Louis Victor BLENCOWE, 5th Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |